CASE STUDY: International students benefit from success coaches support on their university journey
An international student says she has found it even easier to adjust to studying in the UK after Coventry University Group started providing access to Student Success Coaches to all of its students. Denisa Ismailaj, 22, says her success coach, Nathan, has helped her better understand differences in grades, given her more confidence and helped […]
OFSTED: Education providers ‘resilient’ as COVID challenges continue
Ofsted has published the third set of briefings in a series looking at the pandemic’s continued impact on education providers. The three reports, which follow on from those published in April, find that most education providers are adapting to life with COVID-19 and focusing on the effectiveness of their recovery strategies. But the legacy of […]
Do you specialise in Buildings & Furniture for education? We want to hear from you!
Each month on Education Briefing we’re shining the spotlight on a different part of the education procurement market – and in August we’re focusing on Buildings & Furniture. It’s all part of our ‘Recommended’ editorial feature, designed to help education buyers find the best products and services available today. So, if you specialise in Buildings & […]
UNESCO: ‘Global mobilisation’ required to reverse post-pandemic falls in learning and funding
In the presence of more than 150 ministers, UNESCO has warned of the double-edged crisis currently affecting education: a learning crisis and a budgetary crisis. Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the Organization, called for a “global mobilization to place education at the top of the agenda and meet the sustainable development goals”. In 2019, UNESCO had […]
Turing Scheme sees more disadvantaged students working or studying around the world
Around 20,000 disadvantaged students from schools, colleges and universities are set to travel all over the world for work and study as part of the ongoing Turing Scheme. Now entering its second year, 38,000 students, learners and pupils will have the lifechanging opportunity to study and work abroad – 52% of which will be those […]
Schools need to provide inclusive education to integrate migrant pupils
Integration strategies that reflect diversity within schools can help migrant children to settle in the UK, new research suggests. Recommendations about the integration of migrant children into schools in the UK, as well as nine other European countries, have been published in a policy brief which forms part of the Horizon 2020 funded project ‘Migrant […]
Join peers from these leading institutions at the Education Forum
Would you like to join 50+ senior education professionals at the co-located Education Forum & Education Tech Forum? This is your invitation to attend for FREE as our guest. 14th & 15th November – Whittlebury Park, Northamptonshire You’ll be matched for a series of pre-arranged, 1-2-1 meetings with suppliers of your choice, plus you’ll have the opportunity to […]
5 Minutes With… ACE Advice Founding Partner Ian Henderson
In the latest instalment of our education procurement industry executive interview series, we spoke to ACE Advice Founding Partner Ian Henderson about his company, his career path leading to the state school sector, the issue of food price inflation and what can be done to manage this and other issues… Who Are You? I am […]
90% of UK cyberattacks on education ‘are avoidable’
90 per cent of Director level respondents to a survey whose organisations across education, retail, the public sector, financial services and healthcare have experienced a cyber breach agreed most cyber attacks were avoidable. That’s one of the insights to emerge for new research from Tanium, Cybersecurity: Prevention Is Better than the Cure, which reveals the amount of […]
How can the EdTech space be shaped to give the best outcomes for universities?
Whilst EdTech is seeing an array of well-funded, big new players, smaller enterprises are finding themselves squeezed out of the conversation. Having the best ideas and the best companies executing them will always help, but ‘survival of the fittest’ has its downsides. For a start, universities may find that they only ever see a fraction […]